Healthcare Making For & With Veterans
World Maker Faire 2016
MAKERS
Ben Salatin
Ben Salatin, a Clinical Rehabilitation Engineer at the US Dept of Veterans Affairs pioneered the use of 3DP to create assistive devices collaboratively with Veterans and therapists; and is building a national network of 3DP users across the agency.
Beth Ripley
Beth Ripley MD, PhD is a radiologist at the US Dept of Veterans Affairs who specializes in translating medical imaging into 3D printed models with the goal of changing the way doctors and patients understand and treat disease.
Andrea Ippolito
Andrea Ippolito is the US Dept of Veterans Affairs Innovators Network Lead. She has organized the 1st hackathons ever hosted by the agency and helps create collaborations between Makers, Veterans and the agency.
We are working to find creative solutions that empower Veterans to take control of their health, including custom built assistive devices, tailor-made prosthetics and individual anatomic models of organs to facilitate understanding of disease.
What inspired you to make this project?:
People deserve the chance to live their lives free from limitations imposed by illness and injury. We were inspired by the creativity and collaborative spirit afforded by the Makers Movement to form a group of engineers, rehabilitation experts, doctors, nurses, and patients in order to improve the health of Veterans.
